Various and sundry

[magid]

Apparently, it's not just a theory that pretty people make more money. How much? On average, there's a beauty bonus of +5%, and what they call a "plainness penalty" of -9%. Interestingly, obesity correlated with lower wages only for white women. (Of course, there's always questions of sufficient sample sizes, subjectivity, and so on. Still.)

Bad news for Bitty: A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food, even for Cookie Monster!

Best phrase found on a food product last night: liquified legumous extract.
Sounds like a strong chickpea that didn't fail in the face of severe torture, or something.

I'm going to have a photo published! A friend wrote an article for a newsletter (circulation ~700), and asked me to take a picture of her to put with it. No money, but I think there will be a photo credit :-).

I have plans for one seder (the second). Whew. Now to screw myself to the sticking place and ask the hosts I'd like to join for the first. Not that I really think it'll be a problem, but it's very hard to ask.

I decided to get a farm share this year (and cut back on the Boston Organics deliveries once the season starts), but not with either of the farms I've had before. Thanks to Queue, I heard about a CSA new to the area. Red Fire Farm is in western MA, and it looks like the farmer has an approach I like to what he chooses to grow, with lots of varieties and heirloom versions (and yes, organic). Heck, there's a tomato tasting in August :-). I'm not sure, though, if this truly qualifies as local agriculture, with it being a couple of hours' drive away...

Comments

[vinnie-tesla.livejournal.com]

I'd assume that LLE was either coffee or soymilk. More likely the latter, since coffee "beans" are actually the seeds from a fruit called the coffee cherry. ("Our coffee is the pits!") Apparently coffee cherries are pretty tasty, but they've been bred down in size for a milennium now, and aren't really worth it at this point.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Strange as it seems, I don't exactly remember what product it was on (I was doing a pre-Passover browse at the kosher market, busy being overwhelmed by all the new products people can't live without for a week), but it was in either the desserts or canned vegetable area, I think, not in coffee or any other beverages.

I didn't know about coffee cherries; now I want to try them.